severer

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Etymology 1

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Adjective

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severer

  1. comparative form of severe: more severe

Etymology 2

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From sever +‎ -er.

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Noun

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severer (plural severers)

  1. One who severs.
    • 1862, Sir Daniel Wilson, Prehistoric man, researches into the origin of civilisation, page 133:
      They received this name from the jealousy of their rivals, who thereby intimated that they were severers of the unity of the Algonquin nation, as a people who were setting up an independent government []

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